Jennifer was born April 26, 1963, in Knoxville, the daughter of Patty
Lou Bogue and Jerry Lee Nichol. She graduated from Knoxville High School in 1981,
and attended Drake University, where, she played basketball. After graduation,
she was a nanny in New York and Texas, and later taught elementary school in Laredo and
Houston, Texas.

She returned to Knoxville in 1997. She is survived by her parents
of Knoxville; two sisters Pam Nichol, and Julie Minnihan, both of
Knoxville; a brother, Andy Nichol of Knoxville; her grandmother, Gladys Nichol of
Knoxville; and two nephews, Joel Minnihan and Jeremy Hudson. Memorials may be made
to the Drake Women's Bulldog Club, and to Foster Elementary, Houston, Texas.